Episodes

Flic had nowhere to sleep when a sandstorm overtook her in Bethlehem. I asked what it was like living in China ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Lhamo runs Momo Tibetan Dumplings Corner in Brussels with a particularly keen ethical conscience. I asked what it felt like the first time she visited her homeland ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Carina hosts Easy German on Youtube, but that's actually only a small part of her and her husband Janusz's larger story. I asked whether the majority of Germans felt remorse after World War II ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Travis told a story at the foot of Machu Picchu that has stayed with me ever since. I had asked whether being a soldier in Iraq changed him ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Also, a very special thanks to Carlos Molina Rojas for providing the opening music. You can hear more of his band, Grupo Sonkoy, on Youtube by clicking.

Larry's life changed when he took his very first hike into the paradise at the bottom of the Grand Canyon in his fifties. I asked what prompted that fateful trip ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Also, a very special thanks to Carlos Molina Rojas for providing the opening music. You can hear more of his band, Grupo Sonkoy, on Youtube by clicking.

Gloria longed to visit Peru and climb Machu Picchu, like so many of us. I asked what happened when she got to Cusco ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Also, a very special thanks to Carlos Molina Rojas for providing the opening music. You can hear more of his band, Grupo Sonkoy, on Youtube by clicking.

Tony rode freight trains for nine years, picking up a wife, a son, and a dog along the way. I met him and his dog, Pig, on a Greyhound bus ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Kathy oversees the English Language Academy at DePaul University, where international students transition into a new culture and a second or third or fourth language. I asked her to come tell us how their stories have changed her at our very first live show at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Anne moved from Indonesia to South Korea to Chicago, where we sat down with her in front a live audience at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum to discuss a very visible change that travel caused in her ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Mike left the U.S. with his wife and kids to learn Spanish and build a church in Spain. I asked which beliefs survived the journey and which didn't ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Jay has so many stories I didn't know where to begin. A pilgrimage in Japan. A pilgrimage in Spain. A cathedral in France. A temple in Korea. I asked how these discoveries have changed him ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Upcoming Live Show!

On Sunday, October 1 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, we'll gather our friends and listeners at the Hull-House Dining Hall in downtown Chicago to record our first live episode! Special guest Kathy Larson will share stories of international students' and her own cross-cultural encounters from DePaul University's English Language Academy and beyond. If you're interested in bringing a snack, let me know.

Directions and parking from their website:

"The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago, 800 S. Halsted Street, Chicago. It is easily reached by public transportation using the UIC Halsted stop on the Blue Line or the Halsted Bus (#8), or via the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) and the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90). Parking is available at Halsted and Taylor Street garage.

"Parking is available at Halsted and Taylor Street garage across the street for $4.50 for up to 30 min. to $13.00 for all day, depending upon day of the week, time of day, and length of stay. Visit the UIC Parking Services website for more details."

Daniel took me to the cafe in Buenos Aires where Borges used to read stories to his mother. I asked what it was like to immigrate to the US and then back to Argentina again, and how he ended up in Sicily along the way ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Liz sat down with me on the steps of Oslo Sentralstasjon before departing further north to the Svalbard archipelago to look for polar bears. I asked what it's like being a diplomat from New Zealand ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Cafemin is a way station in Mexico City on the migrant route from Latin America to the US. I asked the director how people change when they rest there ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Maria is a translator from the south of Spain. I asked whether there's ever been an idea she couldn't get across ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Fred and I traveled to Cádiz for Carnaval together. On the way back he told me how New Caledonia changed his life. I asked what it's like to work in Paris's equivalent of the TSA ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Saundra always used to get lost when she was a kid. Now she's on a quest to get to 100 countries. We spoke at Wish Willy's, a jerk chicken specialist's in Caye Caulker, Belize, which was her 79th country. I asked how her quest has changed her ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Kenneth came to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm expecting more artifacts but ended up leaving one of his own. I asked how in the world he met Jorge Luis Borges ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Jarrod Brown recently became a citizen of Honduras, the culmination of a two-decade transformation that began with one fateful overseas trip. He is the founder of Mission Lazarus, a non-profit organization that seeks to transform people’s lives through Jesus and through action. Jarrod's led a life full of travel stories, so I hardly knew where to begin, except of course, to ask what happened to him ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.